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Homosexual Music for Kids Speaks
Volumes
By Michael L.
Betsch
CNSNews.com Editorial Assistant
March 25,
2002
(CNSNews.com) - Heather may have two mommies, but does she
own a copy of "Double Daddy"? According to Girlfriends, a cultural
magazine for lesbians, "Double Daddy works as an album that kids would actually
want to listen to, largely because of its catchy, light tunes" while being "set
in a happy and openly gay environment."
But nothing on Double Daddy's
packaging suggests to its intended listeners ages 4-10 that the CD focuses
mainly on homosexuality.
Molly Universe said she wants her music to
expose the children of same-sex parents to their sexual orientation and
lifestyle. However, she acknowledged there are no sexual content warnings on the
CD.
"Maybe I should have put some warnings," Universe said, "but I guess
it's a risk that I'm willing to take because to me, it's an innocent
project."
Universe said there are "so many kids out there who struggle
with issues that they're not allowed to talk about in school." She believes it
is her "job just to increase awareness."
Double Daddy's lyrics weren't
written solely for same-sex partners and their children. In fact, Universe said
her original intention for the CD was to make a greater effort to "target"
non-homosexual families to increase "awareness."
Universe refused to
comment to CNSNews.com on her own sexual orientation, stating, "I've
gotten myself into trouble recently identifying myself as anything on websites
because I work with kids."
However, in an interview featured on
Lesbianation.com, Universe said, "I'm gay, I'm a musician, I love kids."
Lesbianation.com bills itself as the leading online community dedicated to the
celebration of lesbian culture and identity.
Homosexual 'Awareness'
Music
The lyrics to Double Daddy's title track leave no
doubt about how many daddies Danny has. "Danny has a daddy and a daddy at home
-- It's a double double daddy and he's never alone." And, according to the song,
"when you double the daddy ... you double the fun."
Another song, "Oh What a Mess (Billy's
wearing a dress)," is simply about "a little boy who likes to wear a dress,"
Universe said.
"I think the idea there is that it's not a bad idea to
wear a dress, but the institution says it is, so you just have to be careful
about what you do," Universe said. "You know, we don't generally like boys to
wear dresses to school and it's the rule, but no one really knows why it's the
rule, so Billy chose to test the rule."
But she noted that not every song
has a message.
"There are four or five songs that have clear and distinct
messages about sexuality and refer to gay parents or refer to children who may
be gay," Universe said. "You know, it just alludes to it. It doesn't necessarily
say it."
The album's "Tolerance" song does
not make any reference to homosexuality. The lyrics for the song read, "We all
have a different family, it doesn't mean that you're better than me. You've got
to like the difference, and that's what we call
tolerance."
'Tolerance' in the Classroom
Universe said
she's sent free copies of her CD to approximately 30 "gay-friendly" public
schools across the country as well as public libraries. "I haven't heard from
anyone, so as far as I know, they're not being used, although I'd love for them
to be."
But that hasn't stopped Universe, a teacher by profession, from
performing some of the songs found on Double Daddy in the classrooms of high
schools and elementary schools. She did say she does not perform the songs that
talk about sexuality.
"Sometimes I sing Tolerance," Universe said.
"Tolerance is kind of an innocent song ... but I reserve that for a more liberal
school."
Homosexual Propaganda?
Dr. Paul Cameron, director
of the Family Research Institute in Colorado Springs, Colo., said Universe is
using the Double Daddy CD to "propagandize" for the "gay faith." He defined the
"gay faith" as a "religion without God."
Cameron said the homosexual
faith "wants people to declare, to walk the sawdust trail, and in public say, 'I
am a homosexual. I'm gay. I'm part of this movement that thinks that whatever we
do is super.'" And, he added, "They want to drag the kids with them."
The
sawdust trail is a reference to the religious gatherings that famed evangelist
Billy Sunday began organizing more than a hundred years ago. Participants would
walk up the sawdust-covered aisles of structures that had just been built
specifically for the event, to shake Sunday's hand.
In the 21st century,
some adults are using "poster children to promote their particular angle on
sexuality," Cameron said. "That's obviously what the CD is about."
And,
he believes the pro-homosexual lyrical content of the Double Daddy CD is
"abusing children in the interests of a sexual movement."
Homosexual
activists, Cameron said, "want their kids to advertise for them; they want to
advertise; they want to dress strangely so that everybody knows." And that, he
said, "is just a terrible burden to place on a child." But he said homosexual
activists "want you to know about it, baby."
Expanding
Universe
Molly Universe said she hopes to produce more music for kids
because her plan has always been "to educate kids and to educate parents about
certain controversial topics, but to try to do it as least controversial as I
can."
"I'd be happy to do anything related to kids and sexuality,"
Universe said of her future recordings. "I'm a teacher, myself, so it interests
me."
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